Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team plane crash
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Accident | |
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Date | January 27, 2001 |
Summary | Spatial disorientation in snow storm |
Site | Strasburg, Colorado, U.S. |
Aircraft type | Beechcraft Super King Air 200 |
Operator | Jet Express Services |
Registration | N81PF |
Passengers | 8 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 10 |
Survivors | 0 |
The Oklahoma State University Cowboys basketball team plane crash occurred on January 27, 2001, at 19:37 EST, when a Beechcraft Super King Air 200, registration N81PF, carrying 2 players on the Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team along with 6 OSU broadcasters & members of the OSU coaching staff, crashed in a field 40 miles (64 km) east of Denver,[1] near Strasburg, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The pilot had become disoriented in a snow storm.[2] The plane was flying from Jefferson County Airport to Stillwater Regional Airport after the team's loss to the Colorado Buffaloes.
The plane was carrying 2 crew members (pilot Denver Mills, and co-pilot Bjorn Fahlstrom) and eight passengers involved with Oklahoma State basketball. All ten individuals died.[1] Oklahoma State has a memorial erected to them, entitled "Remember the Ten", inside Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
List of Crash Victims
Kendall C. Durfey Television/Radio Engineer August 1, 1962
Bjorn G. Fahlstrom Corporate Aviation Pilot February 13, 1970
Nathan Z. Fleming Scholar/Athlete September 11, 1980
William R. Hancock III Media Relations Coordinator April 6, 1969
Daniel P. Lawson, Jr. Scholar/Athlete July 28, 1979
Brian W. Luinstra Athletic Trainer July 26, 1971
Denver R. Mills CPA by Profession, Pilot by Passion January 31, 1945
Pat Noyes Director of Basketball Operations July 11, 1973
William B. Tietgens (Teegins) Sportscaster/Voice of the Cowboys July 26, 1952
Jared G. Weiberg Student Assistant March 9, 1978 <ref name=remember the ten>
See also
References
- ^ a b "ESPN.com - GEN - Investigation continues in Oklahoma State crash". espn.go.com.
- ^ "Maps and details of plane crashes - PlaneCrashMap.com". www.planecrashmap.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012.
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